#BA7538#BA7538

#BA7538 is a light, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.234; OKLCH L 62.5% C 0.115 H 59.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.69:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BA7538
RGB	rgb(186, 117, 56)
HSL	hsl(28, 54%, 47%)
HSV	hsv(28, 70%, 73%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 37.1%, 69.9%, 27.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(55.53, 21.67, 43.87)
CIE-LCH	lch(55.53, 48.94, 63.71°)
OKLab	oklab(62.47% 0.0585 0.0994)
OKLCH	oklch(62.47% 0.115 59.5)
XYZ	xyz(27.3269, 23.4498, 6.8277)
Luminance	0.2345 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BA7538 #387DBA

analogous

#BA383C #BA7538 #BAB638

triadic

#BA7538 #38BA75 #7538BA

tetradic

#BA7538 #3CBA38 #387DBA #B638BA

square

#BA7538 #3CBA38 #387DBA #B638BA

split-complementary

#BA7538 #38BAB6 #383CBA

monochromatic

#5C3A1C #8B572A #BA7538 #CF9460 #DDB48F

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.69

#BA7538 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.69

#BA7538 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #BA7538

5.69:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BA7538	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BA7538	1.00	3.69	5.69	5.69
#FFFFFF	3.69	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.69	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.69	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#8A7C31

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#9A8B38

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#CB6668

Achromatopsia (no color)

#858585

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #ba7538;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(186, 117, 56);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(62.5% 0.115 59.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d49d71',
    500: '#ba7538',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #ba7538;
$custom-light: #d49d71;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#ba7538",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 186,
    "g": 117,
    "b": 56
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 28.154,
    "s": 53.719,
    "l": 47.451
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.62467,
    "c": 0.11537,
    "h": 59.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.23447
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BA7538

secondary

#86A9C8

accent

#98DD4B

background

#FDF9F7

surface

#FBF2ED

border

#D4CCC8

text

#150E08

muted

#837E7B

Preview Lab

Preview with #BA7538

Body copy rendered with the generated semantic roles for this colour.

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